Economics
Ann Pettifor: The Bond Market’s Premonition: High Rates, Defaults, Slump, and War
The K-shaped global economy that enriched the rich and impoverished the rest now threatens collapse Read Article HERE
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Economics
Larry C. Johnson: The Human Cost of The War Nobody Is Counting: Sulfur, Fertilizer, and an Email from Florida
For seven months, the coverage of the war with Iran has been about oil: tanker counts, the price of Brent, how much is left in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Hardly anyone outside the fertilizer trade […]
EU politics
EuroNews – Spanish judge lifts arrest warrant for former Catalan leader Puigdemont, opening door to his return
Independence leader Puigdemont is finally going to return, ending his long period of political exile. He will go back to a Catalunya that has largely deserted him and his party. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Daniel Finn – The European Green Party Attacks Solidarity With Palestine
‘The European Green Party rushed to condemn the Greens of England and Wales when they voted to support a single democratic state in Palestine. It has never condemned the German Greens for supporting Israel’s genocidal […]
Solutions
BBC – France closes up to 500 schools Monday over student protests
The kids are revolting! Read the article HERE.
Regulation
Paolo Gerbaudo – Spain’s New Protest Movement Is Putting Class Centre Stage
‘The occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol by housing protesters has brought back memories of the anti-austerity revolt that began in 2011. But where the Indignados used generic populist language, this new movement has a […]
Geopolitics
Middle East Eye: Green Party recognises Zionism as a form of racism and backs single Palestinian state
Vote by party members on Sunday backs single democratic Palestinian state with equal rights for all ethnic and religious groups Read Article HERE
Geopolitics
German Foreign Policy: Israel – ‘Outpost of the West’
Seeking wider support for its policy of systematic violence, Israel’s far-right government expands cooperation with far-right parties across Europe – and attacks their antifascist opponents. But Berlin backs Tel Aviv out of self-interest Read Article […]
Economics
Thomas Palley – Capitalism and the Polycrisis: Bad Apples or Bad Barrel?
This essay is about the polycrisis, whereby the global order is afflicted by simultaneous crises impacting economics, politics, societal relations, geopolitics, and nature. The essay uses the metaphor of “bad apples” versus “bad barrel” to […]
Economics
Larry C. Johnson: America’s Diesel Surplus Is an Illusion (An Update from Karl Miller)
On paper, the United States should be the world’s safety valve in this fuel crisis. American refineries make far more diesel than Americans burn. But every one of those barrels is already spoken for. Between […]